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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Pick Your Pal

Preschoolers, their parents and caregivers are invited to vote online for their favorite "Mickey Mouse Clubhhouse" character. The winning "pal" will be revealed in a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Marathon on Saturday, February 20, starting at 6/5c

You can choose from among your favorites – Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy or Pluto – who will be featured in a marathon of seven episodes. The marathon will conclude with the new episode, "Mickey's Big Surprise" (9:30 a.m., ET/PT), in which Mickey surprises all of his Clubhouse pals with a big fireworks show.

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I wasn't going to spend any money this month (on shopping) and that I was going to get my budget under control.

I told two people so that I could be held accountable. I also did a shitton of shopping at the end of January for everything I thought I might need in February, canceled my Amazon Subscribe and Save products for the month (we're backlogged two months and running out of storage anyway) and paid off a bunch of bills.

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but the food finally arrived and we started Sunday night.
May be luck of the draw, but one appreciable difference between @blueapron and @plated is the amount of dishes that need washing created during prep.
— Annette (@daNanner) January 28, 2018

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One more gushing thing that I am not being paid to say, Plated is letting me travel through my mouth! I know there is no way I would have been able to find the aji paste for last week's Peruvian's Aji Chicken around here.

As of this week, I have five referrals available via email, so let me know if you would like to try a week of Plated at a deep discount (like free).

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